2-amidocephalosporins

ABSTRACT

THIS INVENTION IS CONCERNED WITH NOVEL 2-AMIDOCEPHALOSPORINS AND WITH METHODS FOR THEIR PREPARATION. THE COMPOUNDS ARE ANTIBIOTICALLY ACTIVE AND/OR ARE USEFUL AS INTERMEDIATES FOR THE PREPARATION OF KNOWN COMPOUNDS.

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United States Patent 3,748,328 Z-AMIDOCEPHALOSPORINS Milton Wolf, WestChester, and John H. Sellstedt, King of Prussia, Pa., assignors toAmerican Home Products Corporation, New York, N .Y.

Continuation-impart of abandoned application Ser. No. 107,437, Jan. 18,1971, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 843,841,July 22, 1969, now Patent No. 3,635,953, dated Jan. 18, 1972, which inturn is a continuation-in-part of abandoned application Ser. No.760,090, Sept. 17, 1968. This application Sept. 17, 1971, Ser. No.181,491

Int. Cl. C07d 99/24 US. Cl. 260-243 C 2 Claims ABSTRACT OF THEDISCLOSURE This invention is concerned with novel Z-amidocephalosporinsand with methods for their preparation. The compounds are antibioticallyactive and/or are useful as intermediates for the preparation of knowncompounds.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is acontinuation-in-part of US. patent application Ser. No. 107,437 filedJan. 18, 1971, now abandoned which is a continuation-in-part ofapplication Ser. No. 843,841 filed July 22, 1969, now US. 3,635,953,issued Jan. 18, 1972, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No.760,090 filed Sept. 17, 1968, which is now abandoned.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION This invention is concerned with novelcompounds of Formula A:

-CHgCNH-fi and NECCHJJONH- s u 0 (VII) (VIII) wherein R is selected fromthe group consisting of methyl, N-pyridiniummethyl and (lower)alkanoyloxymethyl; R

and R are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and loweralkoxy; R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyland phenyl; R and R when taken separately are selected from the groupconsisting of hydrogen and lower alkyl, and when taken together with thecarbon atom to which they are attached, complete a ring selected fromthe group consisting of cycloalkyl containing from about 4 to about 8carbon atoms and piperidine; a. is an integer from 0 to 1; A is theanion of a pharmaceutically acceptable acid; and X and Y are electronwithdrawing groups.

As known to those skilled in the art and to be included in the compoundsof this invention are those compounds of Formula A wherein 3-positiongroup is modified by known chemical procedures to afford compounds whichare substituted at the 3-position with other substituents, for example,methyl, N-pyridiniummethyl or lower alkanoyloxyrnethyl groups such asacetoxymethyl, propanoyloxymethyl and the like.

As known to those skilled in the chemical art, included in those groupswhich are electron withdrawing when X and Y are taken separately are,for example: cyano, nitro, trifluorornethylsulfonyl,2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl, 2,3, 4,6-tetramethylbenzoyl, carb(lower)alkoxy,di(lower) alkylcarbamyl, lower alkylsulfonyl, di(lower)alkylsulfamyl,di(lower)alkylamino(lower)akylsulfonyl, lower alkanoyl (e.g.tert.-butyryl), cyclo(lower)alkanoyl, aroyl (e. g. naphthoyl andfuroyl), substituted aroyl, arylsulfonyl (e.g. naphthylsulfonyl),pyridylsulfonyl, furylsulfonyl,

substituted arylsulfonyl,

n Rl3 CO(CHg)dand -SOg(CH2)d-R wherein R and R are, for example,hydrogen, lower alkyl, halogen, trifluoromethyl, lower alkoxy, phenyl,phenoxy, nitro, lower alkylsulfonyl, di(lower)alkylsulfamyl; R R and Rcan be hydrogen, nitro, halogen, trifluoromethyl, lower alkyl, loweralkoxy, lower alkylsulfonyl, lower alkylthio, di(lower)alkylsulfamyl,di- (lower)alkylcarbamyl, cyano and carb (lower)alkoxy; and the integerd is from 0 to about 6.

As is also known to those skilled in the chemical art, included in thosecyclic electron withdrawing groups when X and Y are taken together are,for example:

wherein R and R when taken separately can be hydrogen; lower alkyl;lower al-koxy; halogen, phenyl; phen- (lower)alkyl; lower alkoxyphenyl;aryl, e.g. 2-pyridyl, 4- pyridyl, trifiuoromethyl; nitro;di(lower)alkylamino; sulfamido; carb(lower)alkoxy; cyano; loweralkylthio; lower alkylsulfonyl, and when R and R are joined, theycomplete a benzene ring fused to the existing benzene ring to formtherewith a naphthalene ring; Z is selected from the group consisting ofsulfonyl and carbonyl; W is selected from the group consisting ofsulfonyl, carbonyl and methylene; V is selected from the groupconsisting of oxygen, sulfur and methylene; ,u, is selected from thegroup consisting of carbonyl and methylene; and the broken lineindicates the presence of a single or double bond between these twopositions.

The preferred embodiments of the compounds of this invention are thosecompounds of Formula A wherein X and Y are concatenated to form asaccharyl or substituted saccharyl group. These compounds are designatedby the following formula:

and the acid-addition salts thereof; wherein R, R R

and R" are defined as above.

The term lower alkyl as conventionally used herein, alone or inconjunction with the other designated groups, is intended to encompassstraight chain or branched chain alkyl groups containing from one toabout six carbon atoms e.g. methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl,isobutyl, pentyl, Z-ethylpropyl, hexyl, Z-propylpropyl, and the like.Similarly, the terns lower alkoxy and lower alkanoyl as used herein,alone or in conjunction with other designated groups, are intended toencompass straight chain or branched chain groups also containing fromone to about six carbon atoms. The term halogen as used conventionallyherein, alone or attached to other designated groups, is intended toencompass chlorine, bromine, iodine and fluorine. As will also beunderstood, the ringed substituents, whether carbocyclic e.g. phenyl,benzyl etc. or heterocyclic e.g. 2-pyridyl, 4-pyridyl, and the like mayalso be substituted by one or more of such usual substituents as thoseset forth for R and R above. Similarly, the naphthalene ring resultingwhen R and R are joined as referred to above, may also carry one or moreof the same substituents also referred to above. *By the phrase electronwithdrawing group is meant an electrophilic group which will inductivelywithdraw electrons from the carbonyl portion of the Z-amido groups ofthe compounds of this invention thereby making these groups more liableto cleavage by a nucleophilic agent e.g. water, alkali metal hydroxides,tertiary amines, quinoline and the like, to afford a carboxylic acidgroup.

The novel Z-amidocephalosporins of this invention may be preparedgenerally by reacting a starting cephalosporin or 7-acylatedcephalosporanic acid with a suitable reactive nitrogen compound whichwill replace the hydroxy moiety of the carboxyl group of thecephalosporin with a group of the formula:

wherein X and Y have the same meaning as hereinbefore defined. Suchreactions are well known to those skilled in the art and several thereofare hereinafter schematically illustrated for the preparation of theZ-amidocephalosporins of this invention.

i s s R u) zHsh HF Y (2) 0311500001 o a 0-. N n

@0211 000a:- ll jl sodium lphthalimide o o N R o (III) SO01 PYRIDINE,ornou --.----o o- \/)R c R (302M oer sodium lmaleimide 0 R 00 CON\ I 00CsHnN=C=NCsHn Y R Solvent s RI nnoflnu b-o o NCaHn Na suecimmi de at---s\ O=N R 00 Thus, for example, the preferred compounds (A of thisinvention may be prepared generally by reacting, preferably in the cold,a 3-halosaccharin derivative e.-g. 3-chloro-l,2-benzisothiazole1,1-dioxide or an appropriately substituted derivative thereof, with acephalosporin in an organic solvent, such as, anhydrousmethylenechloride which contains an acid acceptor e.g. triethylamine.Thereafter, the crystalline material is filtered oif and the filtrate isconcentrated under vacuum at above ambient temperatures. The residue maythen be redissolved and crystallized from a suitable organic solventsystem e.g. benzene-hexane.

The 3-chloro-1,2-benzisothiazole 1,1-dioxide starting material iscommercially available, while the R and R substituents on the benzomoiety of the saccharin derivatives may be introduced by well knownconventional procedures. The cephalosporins are either obtainablecommercially or may be prepared by procedures well known in theliterature. Similarly, the reactive nitrogen com pounds employed forproviding the aforesaid amido groups are also obtainable commerciallyor, in those instances Where they are not available, they may besynthesized readily by standard organic procedures described in thechemical literature and known to those skilled in the art.

There is also available an alternative method for preparing the new andnovel 2-amidocephalosporins of the present invention. This new and novelalternative method is especially useful for preparing the new compoundsof this invention which are derivatives of synthetic a-amino and l-aminocephalosporins, which contain an additional reactive group to which thehaloimine derivatives of other reactants might also attach. In thismethod, the 2-amido moiety is already present on the7-aminocephalosporanic acid starting material, which is then acylated inthe 7- position in the usual manner. Generally, this method comprisesfirst preparing a 2-amido derivative of a cephalosporin e.g. cephalothinand the like where the Z-amido group has no active hydrogens to reactwith PCl This is accomplished by admixing a particular startingcephalosporin with a suitable organic solvent e.g. methylene chloridefollowed by addition of an acid acceptor, such as triethylamine,trimethylamine and the like to form a solution. Thereafter, thissolution is admixed, preferably in the cold, with an appropriate iminohalide derivative. When the amidation is complete, the solution iswashed, dried and concentrated under vacuum to afford a residue of the2-amido derivative of the starting cephalosporin which may then becrystallized from a suitable organic solvent system e.g. ether inbenzene. Thereafter, the 2- amido derivative of the cephalosporin eitheras the residue or in the crystallized form is dissolved in methylenechloride containing an organic base e.g. 'N,N-dimethylaniline,quinoline, N-ethylmorpholine and the like and then reacted with aphosphorus penthalide, such as, phosphorus pentachloride or phosphoruspentabromide to afford the corresponding 7-haloimide. Alternatively, theorganic base is preferably added directly to the original reactionmixture after the addition of the imino halide derivative therebycircumventing the above-described isolation and crystallizationprocedure. This 2-amido-7-haloimido derivative of the cephalosporin isthen admixed with a lower alkanol e.g. methyl alcohol, ethyl alcohol,propyl alcohol, butyl alcohol, and the like to form a hydrohalideacid-addition salt of the 7-alkoxyimido-2- amido derivative of thecephalosporin wherein the halogen atom of the 7-imido moiety has beenreplaced by the alkoxy portion of the lower alkanol employed.Thereafter, the reaction mixture is subject to aqueous hydrolysis toafford the corresponding 2-amido-7-aminocephalosporanie acid as thehydrohalide salt. The basic form of this salt is obtained by treatingthe hydrohalide for a short time with the acid acceptor, such astriethylamine, sodium bicarbonate and the like, in a solvent, preferablywater.

Acylation of this 2-amido-7-aminocephalosporanic may then be undertakenby conventional procedures, as referred to hereinbefore, to afford theantibiotically active 2-amidocephalosporins of the present invention. Inthose instances where it is deemed desirable to obtain the acid forms ofthe cephalosporins per se; i.e., Without'the 2- amido substituent, saidacid forms may be obtained by simple hydrolysis. For example, the2-amidocephalosporins upon treatment for a sufiicient length of timewith water or a mixture of Water and a miscible organic solvent suchas'pyridine or quinoline, at a pH of from about 1.5 to about 9 affordsthe deamidated cephalosporins. The preferred pH range is from about 2.7to about 5. The hydrolysis is performed at a temperature of from about20 to about 35 C.

The antibiotically active 2-amidocephalosporins of the present inventionpossess valuable biological activity. In particular, in standard andaccepted biological tests these compounds of the invention which havenon-toxic amido substituents are, therefore of value as antibacterialagents, nutritional supplements in animal feeds; agents for thetreatment of mastitis in cattle; and as therapeutical agents in poultryand animals, and in thetreatment of infectious diseases caused bygram-positive and gramnegative bacteria, upon either parenteral or oraladministration.

As will be understood by those skilled in the art, theZ-amidocephalosporins of this invention may be utilized as such, or inthe cases of those compounds of the a-amino or l-amino type, they may bein the form of the pharmacologically acceptable, acid-addition saltsthereof prepared by the reaction of the selected antibiotically activecompound with a suitable organic or inorganic acid e.g. hydrochloric,hydrobromic, fumaric, citric and the like, as is conventional in thisart.

As will also be understood by those skilled in the art, theantibiotically active Z-amidocephalosporins of this invention may beutilized in pharmacological compositionsin association withpharmacologically acceptable carriers, e.g. in suitable injectable form,including solutions and suspensions; or orally as tablets, capsules, andthe like, utilizing conventional solvents, suspensoids, excipients, andthe like. As previously indicated, when the compounds of this inventionare employed, they may be administered orally or parenterally.Naturally, the dosage of these compounds will vary somewhat with theform of admininstration and the particular compound chosen. Further, itwill vary with the particular subject under treatment. In general, thecompounds of this invention are most desirably administered at dosagelevels corresponding to those, of commercially available cephalosporins.Although variations from these dosages will occur, these dosages willgenerally afford effective results without causing any harmful ordeleterious side effects.

FIG. 1 is the LR. Curve of the compound of Example II and FIG. 2 is theN.M.R. spectrum of Example II.

The following examples are given by way of illustrating some embodimentsof this invention.

EXAMPLE I Saccharimide of cephalothin Triethylammonium 3acetoxymethyl-8-oxo-5-thia-7- (thiophene-Z-acetamido) 1azabicyclo[4.2.0]oct-2-en- 2-carboxylate (3.3 g., 0.00663 mole) isdissolved in methylene chloride ml.) and the solution is cooled to 3 C.Then 3-chloro-1,2-benzisothiazole 1,1-dioxide (1.3 g., 0.00663 mole) isadded to the magnetically stirred solution all at once. The solution isallowed to warm to room temperature overnight, giving white crystalsthat were washed with cold methylene chloride to afford the anhydride ofcephalothin, M.P. (dec.).

Analysis.Calcd. for C H N O S (percent): C, 49,60; H, 3.90; N, 7.23.Found (percent): C, 49.49, 49.52; H, 4.07, 3.99; N, 7.76.

The Saccharimide is then isolated from the filtrate by concentration invacuo at 40.

EXAMPLE H Saccharimide of cephalothin Cephalothin acid (2.02 g., 5.08mmole) is dissolved in cold dichloromethane (50 ml.) with the additionof tri- 9 EXAMPLE v The procedure of Example 11 is repeated to react 2-[(7-amino 3 methyl or acyloxymethyl-8-oxo-5-thia-1- azabicyclo[4.2.0]oct2 en 2-ylcarbonyl]-l,2-benzisothiazol-3(2g)-one 1,1-dioxide with an acylchloride to prepare the compounds listed below:

wherein R and R are defined as follows:

2phenoxyacetamid0 CH3 Thior'aheue-Zacetamldo CHzOCOCHzC'Ha2-amino-2-pheuylacetamido HA (EH20 C CHzCH; 2-phenylacetamidoCH2OC0CH2CH3 Mynnnannfnmidn CH3 2-(4-hydroxypheuyl) glycylamidoCHzOCOCHa 2,6-dimethoxyphenylacetamidm. CH 2-(2-thiophene) glycylamidoHA- CH3 We claim: 1. A compound of the formula:

R Li l t,

0 n ll R is a member selected from the group consisting of NH; NH?

H HA

on,ooNn-; cum-@oxnoom l HCHCONH; Noon,coNH-; \S

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 6/1972 Bogash et a1 260-243 C inwhich NICHOLAS s. RIZZO, Primary Examiner US. Cl. X.R.

